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Community/Youth Leagues

By Suzy Sachleben-Turner
Punishment Youth Wrestling Academy, located in Milton, Kentucky had an extremely successful 2011-2012 Wrestling season. The Academy is a training facility for area youth ages 4 and up who wish to learn the sport of competitive wrestling.
PWA provides instruction on three types of Wrestling, Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman. The Academy welcomes wrestlers from both Kentucky and Indiana, and provides basic to advanced technique instruction.

By KEVIN BRADLEY
Special to The Trimble Banner
Chuck’s Chix is an area girls’ fastpitch softball organization based in Carrollton. The girls come from Carroll, Owen, Gallatin, Trimble and Henry counties and represent six school systems.

The Trimble County Youth Softball League welcomes new director Dee Bromwell. Dee has been involved with the softball league for the past four years as a coach, board member for two years and an officer in the past.
The league also recently welcomed new board members: Dan and Belinda Burns, Jason and Jodi Ginn, Charlie Ponder and Benny Cissell. If anyone has questions or concerns about the league they are encouraged to contact any of the board members.

Wrestlers from Punishment Wrestling Academy located in Milton, have been busy this winter in wrestling tournaments around the local area.
On Feb. 5, 2012, they competed in a wrestling tournament at Jeffersonville High School in Jeffersonville, Ind.

Trimble County’s 5th grade boys have won their league tournament for the second year in a row. In the semifinal game the Raiders took on Switzerland County, a team that had taken Trimble into overtime only two weeks prior. Trimble adjusted their defense by putting David Duncan on the Pacers’ main scoring threat, which helped shut him down and kept the Raider big men out of foul trouble. Trimble led 30-13 at the half en route to an easy 41-24 final.

To ensure all children sign up that want to play, the Trimble County Little League will continue accepting applications through Saturday, Feb. 25. Parents may pick up applications at your child’s school, both Stop N’ Go stations and the Trimble County Public Library or print it off the league website at www.trimblecountysports.com. The league will have a booth during the youth league basketball games at Bedford Elementary Saturday.

The Raiders 5th grade boys beat Pope John Saturday in the first round of the league tournament 23-13. David Duncan led the team with 12 points, Dane Lacefield 4, Logan Clifford, Evan Stevens, Duncan Ralston had 2 points each and Shane Mills had 1. Clifford led the team with 9 rebounds and Grant Weaver had 5.